Know Your Bombay!

ByPT Reporter

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you interesting facts about our beloved Bombay! Explore this city’s amusing history and get to know why and how so many streets and places got their names with KYB![/otw_shortcode_info_box]

kybArdesir Dady Street (Girgaum): This famous street was named after a wealthy and highly respected Parsi gentleman and banker, Ardesir Dady Seth (1757-1810). In fact, the then Governor of Bombay, Duncan, got the bell of the Cathedral to be tolled as his funeral passed by, as a mark of honor from the ruling community. He also built Dady Seth’s Agiary at Hornby Road, Fort, and his father Dady Nasserwanji (1735- 1799) built Dady Seth’s Fire Temple in Phanaswadi.

Cruickshank Road (Dhobi Talao to Victoria Terminus): has been named after Colonel J D Cruickshank, of the Bombay Engineers, who retired in 1895. Col. Cruickshank served for a while in Gujarat and in Aden. This road was formerly known to the Indian public as ‘Vachla Rusta,’ (or middle Road) because it was between the Hornby and Esplanade Roads.

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